The old man stood stiffly in place, a pair of eyes staring directly at the words like a book from heaven, and strangely, the look in his eyes seemed to have a deep sadness in addition to shock. I quickly got up from the ground, and I didn't care about patting the dust on my buttocks, so I quickly asked him, "What's wrong?" This word...... What was written? ”

The old man couldn't help but shake his head, and then sighed heavily: "Alas, it seems that we have misunderstood these twenty-four monks. ”

Confused, I asked, "What do you mean?" What was the misunderstanding? ”

The old man said in a low voice: "These zombie frogs are not used to guard against tomb robbers, but they are used for penance......"

I wondered, "Penance? ”

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According to the text on the stone door, the twenty-four monks who passed away in this small black house were the most loyal believers in Guixu. After returning to the ruins and dying, they chose the most tragic way of commemoration: collective burial.

The immortality of a person's true body after death is the ultimate destination that every Buddhist person dreams of. In Buddhism, there are thirteen ways to immortalize the true body, so it is also divided into thirteen levels. The higher the level, the greater the cost, but the price paid can be exchanged for a more "concrete" true body immortality.

Jiuhua Mountain's "sitting tank" is one of them, but the "sitting tank" is just the fourth level of true body immortality, which is not a great achievement. The true Dacheng is the highest level of true body immortality, that is, the poison of the zombie frog!

The zombie frog is almost an unknown creature to us modern people, but this thing did exist. It looks like a wasp, but in fact it is a frog. This thing has wings on its back and needles on its buttocks, and in addition to being extremely poisonous, it also has a very long lifespan. After the death of this creature, the corpse does not decompose, so it is called the zombie frog.

If a person is unfortunate enough to be bitten by a zombie frog, then I must congratulate him, because he will taste the most terrible pain in the world, which is a heart-rending that goes deep into the bone marrow. But because of this, once a person is bitten by a zombie frog, this strange toxin will remain on his body, and his body will begin to turn black, and after death, he will not decay like a zombie frog, and his true body will never die.

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After listening to the old man's story, Pudding Mei asked in astonishment: "Do you mean to say that these twenty-four monks deliberately let such a large number of zombie frogs bite in order to keep their true bodies from decay and to protect the ruins forever?" That...... That hurts. ”

The old man sighed, "This is the terrible thing about faith." ”

Pudding sister and the old man, you are amazed at every word, but I suddenly found a very strange question, if according to the stone gate, once people are bitten by a zombie frog, they will experience the most terrifying pain in the world, then the death of these monks should be extremely distorted, but why...... They're all laughing?

So I hastened to tell the old man and the pudding about this question, and they were at first stunned, then startled, and then, like me, the more I thought about it, the more I felt that something was wrong. The old man said solemnly: "The third man is right, it stands to reason that the death of these monks should be extremely painful, but why are they all laughing?" ”

Mr. Lu Xun, the great human teacher, once said: Only the pain of illness is real. All other sufferings are nothing more than illusions formed by false values.

That's right, people are such creatures. A person is in some kind of great pain, and you make him laugh, but he can't laugh. Even if you force a smile, that smile will look very terrifying and distorted.

But at this moment, the twenty-four ancient corpses in front of us were all filled with a happy smile from the heart, and there was really no pain at all. Isn't that fucking weird? How is this ...... How do you laugh?

In a place like an ancient tomb, any unbelievable detail can make the difference between life and death. Undecipherable phenomena enveloped the three of us like a cloud of mist. What exactly lies ahead...... None of us know.

In my career as a tomb robber, the tomb of the Guixu monk is the least threatening ancient tomb. There are few sinister murder traps here. But it was such a seemingly peaceful ancient tomb that was the most difficult to fathom of any ancient tomb I had ever seen in my life.

Rare bronze, turned into a forest here.

The elaborately carved tomb road leads to the meaningless black hole abyss.

It was an extremely painful death, but everyone had a smile on their faces.

It's so weird here......

What did the builders of this tomb want to express?

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The old man clutched his chest and coughed heavily. Pudding felt sorry for him, so he gently patted him on the back. After coughing for a while, the old man waved his hand at us weakly, and then said hoarsely, "Third brother, Pudding, we must not be confused by these mysteries. This time is different, time is of the essence for us. Instead of spending time here guessing riddles, let's gamble our lives! No matter what happens next, live or die, leave it to fate. ”

I nodded heavily, "Okay, listen to you." ”

Pudding sister also nodded: "I can die with you, and I won't be bored after death, what is there to be afraid of." ”

The three of us were unkempt and covered in wounds, but we all sat around laughing. In fact, the three of us know in our hearts that the next road is ...... Absolutely going to die.

In order to get the first piece of jade of the living dead, the braided aunt who was known as the "celestial man" thousands of years ago died tragically at the hands of the ghosts. A thousand years later, Lao Lu and the old man, two Taishan Beidou-level figures in digging graves in our country, intervened in the matter, and they also ended up dead and injured.

In order to obtain the second piece of the living dead jade, the legendary Unsolved Mysteries Research Institute opened the "Zi Bu Yu Tomb" hidden in the Qinling Mountains, but even with a series of elite generals such as Gu Nianxia, Feng Erbiao and the old man, our group was still almost wiped out in the Qinling Mountains.

Now, the third piece of the Jade of the Living Dead is right in front of our eyes. But the question is, is it really that easy to get......

Me, pudding, old lad.

The three of us supported each other and slowly got up from the cold ground. The old man looked solemnly at the road ahead, and said to me in a low voice: "Third child, go, go and push open the stone door." ”

I nodded, "Understood." ”

I walked heavily to the last stone door and took a deep breath. Then, with all my strength, I pushed hard, and the stone door made a dull loud thud. This sound, long and bright, seems to come from ancient times. It heralds a secret that has been dormant for thousands of years...... Coming soon.